While a governor’s race, an open attorney general seat and four competitive congressional races captivated our attention on Tuesday night, voters in four other states voted in favor of drastically improving their state government.

Despite very different politics, voters in Colorado, Michigan, Missouri and Utah enthusiastically backed ballot initiatives to end gerrymandering and stop politicians from choosing their own voters. These four victories came after Ohio voters passed a similar ballot measure back in May.

With these four victories Tuesday, 12 states will now have independent commissions, instead of politicians, tasked with drawing the maps.

Momentum against gerrymandering has grown in recent years, with citizen-led efforts passing at the ballot box and courts throwing out discriminatory maps. As long as you’re not the politicians in power, fair maps have proven popular with voters — of all political stripes.

Will Illinois politicians take note? There will be 40 new state legislators in Springfield come January who collectively could make a difference in passing a fair maps amendment out of the General Assembly.

So could this type of reform come to Illinois? It could. It will depend on J.B. Pritzker, when he officially becomes the governor of Illinois in January.

Pritzker showed independence from Speaker Mike Madigan on the issue of fair maps throughout the election cycle, citing his support for “independent maps” as proof he’s not in lockstep with the speaker.

In discussing his support for fair maps earlier this year, Pritzker stated, “We should amend the (Illinois) constitution to create an independent commission to draw legislative maps.” And there is no reason to doubt his support of reform as genuine. Pritzker gave $50,000 to the 2014 fair maps initiative, throwing his support behind such an initiative long before he ran for governor.

Pritzker even pledged that as governor he would veto a gerrymandered map should one come to his desk.

The key question is: Will a Gov. Pritzker use some of his political capital to fight for fairly drawing legislative maps in Illinois?

Here’s one solution that’s already received bipartisan support in Springfield: the Fair Maps Amendment. Our coalition’s proposal, modeled after legislation from blue states and red states, has won the bipartisan support of 39 of 59 state senators and dozens of House members.

The amendment would remove politicians from the process and instead put a 16-citizen commission in charge. The commission would reflect the political, geographic and demographic diversity of our great state and utilize a set of nine criteria to ensure Illinois’ legislative and congressional maps keep communities together, increase competition in elections, and provide people of color with a greater ability to participate and elect candidates of their choice.

Illinois is poised to lose at least one congressional seat in 2020. That will make the next legislative fight over the maps even more contentious. In pushing for and passing legislation to establish an independent commission now, Pritzker could keep Springfield focused on his agenda in 2020 instead of nitpicking over the maps.

Pritzker has made it clear he wants to be his own man as he leads Illinois. That’s great news for our state. Let’s hope that it’s also great news for how legislative maps are drawn in Illinois.

Jeff Raines is the communications and engagement director at CHANGE Illinois, a coalition of civic, business, labor, professional, nonprofit and philanthropic organizations that addresses issues such as restricted ballot access, unethical lobbying and politically motivated redistricting.